Box-fastener



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CHARLES D. SUFFRINS, OF PICKWICK, MINNESOTA.

BOX-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 487,082, datedNovember 29, 1892.

Application filed .Tune 17, 1892. erial No. 437,094. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, CHARLES D. SUFFRiNs, a citizen of the United Statesof America, re-

siding at Pickwick, Winona county, Minne-l sota, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Box-Fasteners, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

The object of this improvement is to provide a fastening for boxes,cases, &c.,that will be strong, cheaply made, readily operated, and notlikely to get out of order; and the invention consists in the peculiarconstruction, arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter moreparticularly described, and then definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of a box having a pairof my fastenings rather differently arranged at the oppo- Fig. 2 is acentral Vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section of a box with my fastenings with part broken away. Fig. 4shows a plan of a box with two of my fastenings attached on the outside.Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal Vertical section of the same. Fig. 6 isa horizontal section of another form of my invention. Fig. 7 is a plan,and Fig. 8 is a Vertical section, of another mode of employing myfastening. Fig. 9 shows a modified form of my fastening.

Referring now to the details of the drawings and more particularly toFigs. 1, 2, and 8, A represents the box proper, having' a top B, whichis preferably chamfered off at one or both ends, over which is placed ametallic strip C, (hoop-iron, preferably.) At each end is a fasteningconsisting of a small metallic rod D,bent at right angles, as shown atcl, and having a head d' at its lower end. For most purposes I use anordinary Wire nail, bent as shown; but it maybe made of ordinary Wire,if preferred, with the lower end turned outward, as shown in Fig. 9, toserve in lieu of the head as a retaining means. The rod is preferablyflattened on one side, and on this iiattened place bears a spring E,nailed or screwed to the inside of the box, and over this is secured acleat F, grooved to cover the spring. Where I leave the cover of thesame thickness at the ends, as shown at the righthand end of Fig. 2, Ifasten a cleat J over the top, which serves the twofold purpose ofstrengthenin g said top and preventing the fastening from beingaccidentally turned. I sometimes dispense with the cleat and makerecesses in the ends or sides of the box to receive the fastening, asshown in Fig. 6, in which G is a Vertical recess to receive thefastenings D, and H is a horizontal recess not quite so deep, in whichis set the spring E.

In that form of my invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the cover is longenough to run over the ends of the box proper and the fastenings are onthe outside, being either fastened there by a cleat F, as shown on theleft-hand end of the box, or by means of a metal clip K, (which Iconsider as the equivalent of the cleat in this connection,) as shown atthe righthand end. This clip may be so proportioned and formed as to actas a spring to keep the fastening in position. The right-hand end of thecover is cut away, as in the left-hand end of Fig. 2; but the left-handend is entirely cut away in the center and a piece of sheet metal nailedall across the end of the box.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I show another way of using my fastener. Inthis casethe fastener is set inside the box and projects up through a slot L, setin the cover, and is then turned outward, as shown. The fastening may besecured in any way desired to the inside of the box; but I have shown aclip like that illustrated in Fig. 4 and 5.

cut-away portion with hoop-iron, which not only makes a more durablesurface for the fastening to work on, but serves, also, to strengthenthe cover. It will be seen that the spring E is so arranged that itperforms the double purpose of aspring to hold the fastening in a lockedposition and as a means for securing said fastening and box together,and that it has both of these functions, whether the said spring` E iscovered by a cleat, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or left uncovered, asshown in the other figures. Should the cleat shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3be accidentally knocked off, or even if the maker should forget to nailit on, the spring-plate E would hold the fastening securely in place. Itis also obvious that some of these modes of securing the fastening maybe changed one for the For instance, the modes shown in Fig.

other.

I prefer to cut away, the end of the top of the box and cover said IOC 6and at the right-hand end of Fig. 5 may be applied either inside oroutside .of the box.

Although I have shown this fastening attaohed to a box, as it is forthis use that I prinoipally desire it, I do not wish to limit myself toits use on boxes or cases, as it may be readily applied to otherpurposes, as for fastening oloset'doors, in which case the fasteningwould be set in the casing, and when the door Was shut the fasteningcould be turned ovei` it like an ordinary turn-button.

I have shown a few of the ways in which my fastening may be employed;but it is ob-' vious that it may be used in manyothers.

What I claim as new is- May, 1892.

CHARLES D. SUFFRINS. Witnesses:

A. H. SNOW, MAE RYDER.

